“Courage” and “Ristabbanna” winners of the RIFF New Vision Award to ‘The Wicked Uncle’ Concluding with a great success (about 10,000 viewers), the eleventh edition of the Rome Independent Film Festival, the film festival was presented from April 13th through 19th, in two main locations at the Nuovo Cinema Aquila and Casa del Cinema di Roma, with more than 120 competition entries – feature films, short films, and documentaries – from around 40 nations, including world and Eu...

 Thursday, October 25---------As the Rome FilmFest moves into its final weekend, it offers a number of stellar talents and films on Friday. Director Susanne Bier and star Halle Berry will walk the Red Carpet for the film THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE. This is acclaimed Danish director Bier's English language debut, and it is a powerful story of love and redemption that co-stars Berry and fellow Oscar winner Benicio del Toro. The film had its European Premiere earlier this week at the London Film F...

The RIFF (Roma Independent Film Festival), supported by Rome’s Municipal Department of Cultural Policies, will officially open its 5th edition on 7 April. The event will close on 14 April. RIFF is becoming more and more internationally oriented: the 2006 edition is especially focussed on independent film-making, characterised once again by its strong interest in ‘beyond borders’ cinema. Indeed, the programme features 5 film reviews dedicated to as many countries (Norway, Canada, Spain, F...

2005 SALENTO FILM FESTIVAL OPENS WITH VITO ZAGARRIO’S FILM THREE DAYS OF ANARCHY.Executive Director Luigi Campanile announces the Puglia Premiere of Vito Zagarrio’s film Three Days of Anarchy, which will kick-off the 2005 Salento International Film Festival ( September 10 – September 18) as the Opening Night Film. Official Sponsor BANCA CARIME will sponsor the Opening Night screening at 9:00 pm, in Piazza Cappuccini, and the Official Hotel CAPOALTO will sponsor the cocktail pre-screening a...